Necktie and method of making same



.May 8, 1923; 1,454.304

A. WILLIAMS NECKTIE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Sept. 26 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l I May 8, 1923.

. A. WILLIAMS NECKTIE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Sept. 26. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented ay 8, 1923.

ARTHUR WILLIAMS, 0F DORGHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

NEGKTIE AND METHOD OF MAKINGSAME.

Application filed September 26, 1921. Serial No. 503,141.

. and useful Improvement in Neckties, and

Methodsof Making Same, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingtwo sheets of drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to neckties and the method of making same, and has forits object to provide a simple method of constructing a tie with a lining that is anchored within the tie in a manner preventing wrinkling or distortion from its original and set position therein. The lining, while being so anchored, is nevertheless as serviceable as the relatively free types of linings employed in the various kinds of ties on the market and possesses the additional feature of serving as a reinforcing medium; for the tie proper as well as exerting the tendency for keeping the tie itself free from wrinkling and creasing, all of which will be more fully pointed out and explained in the description to follow. I

' Other objects and advantages of the in vention will be'gathered from the description following herein and considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein the invention is shown embodied. The terms employed herein are used in the generic and descriptive sense to designate the elements illustrated, and are therefore not intended as terms oflimitation.

In order to illustrate my invention, I have shown in the drawings. an embodiment thereof wherein: I v

Fig. 1 represents a fragmentary view of the tie, showing the front and back sides of the front and rear flaps respectively;

Fig. 2 represents a View showing the back and front sides, respectively, of the front and rear flaps of the tie; V

Fig. 3 represents a viewshowing theback of the tie stretched out; i

Fig. 4: represents a sectional view taken on line 41-4 on Fig. 3

Fig. 5 represents a sectional view taken on line 5 -.-5 on Fig. 2;

Fig.6 represents a sectional view taken on line 6-6 on Fig. 1; I

Fig. represents a plan or development of the tie proper;

Fig. 8 represents a plan or development of the lining employed in the tie;

Fig. 9 represents a view showing the lin ing set and secured to the tie proper;

Fig. 10 represents a sectional View take on line 1010 on Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 represents a view showing the folding of the tie proper and stitching together of the edges thereof;

Fig. 12. represents a sectional view taken on line 12-12 on Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 represents a view showing'the tie shown in Fig. 11' beingturned inside out;

F ig. 14 represents a sectional view taken on line 14-14 on Fig. 13; and

Fig. 15 represents a sectional View taken,

on line 1515 on 13.

. Like reference parts throughout the several views of the drawings. k r

The letters 0 and I represent, respectively, the outside and inside of the finished tie which is preferably of the so-called four-inhand type, comprising theusual front and rear fiaps F and B respectively, which project from the neckband section N positioned intermediate said flaps.

The letter P, Fig. 7, represents the pattern for the tie shown in Figs. v1 and 2 which may be cut from necktie material on the bias or otherwise, as may be desired. L, Fig. 8,

characters refer to like represents the lining which may be out from.

any suitable material, as the usual cottonor flannel that is ordinarily used in the menu.-

facture of four-in-hand ties; or if. desired, said lining may be made of hair cloth, or the like, to provide a flexible as well as a stiffening feature which would add greatly to the working properties of the lining.

The pattern P, which is particularly directed to goods cut on the bias, is cut substantiallyas Fig. 7 indicates, and preferably incorporates all of the parts of the tie proper so that the tie may be made from a single piece of material, if desired, and is of a width to include the inside and outside sec tions of the tie. E and E represent the outw or edges of the pattern P, and T represents the edges of the flaps of the tie which are turned in and stitched down to finish off the open edges of the tie flaps, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The pattern P is of a width equal to the combined widths of the inside and outside sections of tie completed tie.

The lining L is placed fiat over the wrong side W of the pattern P, as shown in Fig. 9, with an edge of the lining set near to and parallel with the edge E of the pattern and secured thereto to be anchored by the stitches S which may be positioned along the longitudinal edges of the lining L, as the drawing indicates, or otherwise, according as may be desired. With the lining thus anchored to the tie proper, the latter is folded over along the longitudinal center line of the tie, as Figs. 11 and 12 indicate, so that the edge E and the edge E coincide, after which said edges are stitched together by the stitches G which close the tie to assume a tubular character, as may be understood. Thereafter the tie is turned inside out, as Fig. 13' shows. This operation turns the lining into the tubular section of the tie and conceals it wholly from view. Also this turning operation naturally exposes the right side of the tie.

The edges T may be folded and stitched down either while the tie is in the open form, before or after the lining L is secured thereto, as above explained, or after the tie edges .E and E have been stitched together. Also if desired a collar band as B may be attached by stitching or otherwise to the neckband N on the inner side of the tie, as F 3 indicates. Said band B may be stitched to the tie either before the edges E and E are stitched together or after the tie is turned inside out, as described above.

With the aforementioned steps completed, the tie is finally pressed out fiat and the finished product is ready for service, taking on the usual outward appearance of the ordinary and common four-in-hand tie but possessing additional features which reinforce and strengthen the tie itself as well as keep the tie from wrinkling and hold the lining set flat and anchored within the tie proper to prevent the latter from losing its original shape.

It will here be observed that the within type of tie is simple to make up and does not increase the expense of manufacture over the ordinary and common types of ties. The manner in which the lining is set and anchored to my type of tie permits the tie to withstand the usual pulling force to which the tie is often subjected while being knotted and set with the collar.

It will also be observed that while the drawings show both the tie material and the lining made up from a single piece of material, I do not wish to be limited against piecing either or both, as occasion may require, for in either case the principle of my invention is not disturbed.

Having thus described my invention in detail, what I claim as new is:

1. The method of making ties, comprising the following steps; cutting the pattern from the material used for the tie and cutting a lining of a width substantially that of the finished tie with the side edges thereof shaped substantially to coincide with the side edges of the finished tie; then setting the lining over the wrong side of the tie pat-- tern to one side of the same ofi'set from the edge of said side and stitching the lining down substantially throughout its length to the pattern; then folding the tie pattern over the right side thereof to bring the longitudinaledges of the pattern in coincidence and stitching said edges together beyond the edge of the lining to make the tie tubular in section; and finally turning said tubular tie inside out to position the lining inside of the tie and to expose the right side of the tie material.

2. The method of making four-in-hand ties, comprising cutting a pattern, from tie material, of a width to include the inside and outside sections of the tie, and a lining of a width and contour to substantially approximate that of the finished tie and of a length sufficient to permit the ends thereof to depend within the front and rear flaps of the tie; then positioning said lining on the wrong side of the pattern ofiset from the edge of said side and securing said lining thereto substantially throughout its length to retain same in fiat position with the inside section of the tie; then folding said pattern over the right side of'the tie to bring the longitudinal edges thereof into coincidence and securing them together beyond the edge of the lining.

3. The method of making four-in-hand ties, comprising cutting a pattern, from tie material, of a width to include the inside and outside sections of the tie, and a lining of a width and contour to substantially approximate that of the finished tie and of a length sufficient to permit the ends thereof to depend within the front and rear flaps of the tie; then positioning said lining on the wrong side of the pattern offset from the edge of said side and securing said lining substantially through its length, to retain same in fiat position with the tie and to the inside section of the tie; then folding said pattern over the right side of thetie to bring the longitudinal edges thereof into coincidence and then securing them together beyond the edge of the lining to form a tubular section along the tie; then turning the tie inside out to conceal said lining therein and to expose the right side of the tie, and finally finishing off the edges of the flaps of the tie and pressing the tie out flat so that folded element and stitched to said fold, said the lining assumes a flat position in the tie. folded element having its longitudinal edges 10 4:. A four-in-hand tie comprising a longiin coincidence with each other and stitched tudinally folded element provided With a together beyond the edge of the lining. 5 lining member of a Width substantially equal In testimony Whereo'lQ'I hereunto afiix my to the width of the folded element, said linsignature, this twenty-second day of Seping member being positioned so as to be oiftember 1921. i

set from one side of one of the folds of the ARTHUR WILLIAMS. 

